Architecture, cities and anything related

Here comes another one. Just a general thread to discuss anything related to architecture, city related or the like.

In recent news Melbourne has been named a UNESCO City of Literature and now joins Edinburgh

Is it just me or has Dubai gone over-board with over ambitious and constantly extravagent ideas. They constantly are bringing out new things to try and trump the rest of the world and subsewuently are comprimising good design for a mere record. In my opinion.

Nice thread melbourn. i agree Dubai gone mad. it an architecture paradise. new ideas futurist plans.

Wow, someone actually agrees with me. So many people think its cool just because they can build so many big things. I mean they are building the Seven Wonders of the World only BIGGER!

They want to be a top touristic destination and spend billion of dollars in huge projects. 50 years ago it was a small village. Though I have to confess that they have a vision for their city and have made some incredible things. The palm islands destroy huge areas of corals and the environmental damaged is devastating in the region.

Ooo, architecture - great idea for a thread. A fantastic forum for people interested in architecture is skyscrapercity.com, if you're really interested in construction and stuff.

I'll post some pictures of buildings in construction or planning in Brighton:

Falmer Stadium:








Brighton Marina Development:






King Alfred Development:




Station Area Development:




Brighton i360 Tower:






Brighton International Arena:

lol if yu look closely in the pictures of the Stadium with the fans in it they even included fights in the stands so realistic

Is anyone else this obsessed? I am an apiring architect and am in love with architecture. I have catergorised over 1000 photos into 11 major catergories such as use, location etc. and all of these folders are then catergorised so you can find something from about anywhere. So far I have 67 cities from 40 countries.

Here is the new soccer stadium being built in Melbourne

I also like the London 2012 Olympic Stadium

Lord Norman Foster is has recently been announced as the lead architect on the newest development in Melbourne. It will be the largest residential development in Australian history. Can't wait to see what he unleashes on the city! Its bound to be brilliant!! Will post pictures as soon as they are released!!

I love the 2012 stadium too.... shame they're going to take it apart afterwards .

Canuck: Haha, never noticed that before.

nice pictures guys. Here is some pictures of new Panathinaikos stadium in Athens






and one from the olympic stadium in Athens

wow guys fantastic new topic, I'll send you images of projects under development in my city

The new station of Porta Susa
Will become the first station of Turin for volume of passengers, is made up of a great glass-arc wide 30m and long 385m, should be ready in 2010




The Intesa-Sanpaolo Skyscraper
Is the HQ of the second Italian banking group, projected by Renzo Piano, will be ready in 2011 and will be the highest Italian skyscraper, was long disputed because its height of 180m will led to be higher than the Mole Antonelliana, symbol of my town, now the height of the project has fallen to 165m, lower than 15cm of the Mole.



The new cultural centre
Built in is a new cultural complex that will be the focus of the celebration for the 150 years of Italian unification


Juventus Arena
Will be built instead of the Stadio delle alpi opened for the 1990 WorldCup



Other projects

a new residential complex in Marche avenue


the new regional administration building near the Lingotto

Turin is so cool place. the station is amazing. and the skyscrapers as well are very futurist

Many transformations in urbanistic sense were possible thanks to the Olympics, Turin has always been an avant-garde city in the field of architecture, unfortunately many people hampering the development of certain projects really interesting. I frankly find that the skyscrapers are a good expression of modernity but I wonder how necessary is building them in the historical heart of a city

Is there any location where I can download some of these buildings?

The only BAT that I know of these buildings is the Athens Olympic stadium, but it's really bad modelled, if u want to download it he same here is the link

http://www.simtropolis.com/stex/index.cfm?p=results

thanks

is it just me or is Lord Norman Foster one of the best architects in history?

I love the last projects from Norman Foster, especially because it can create simple shapes and smooth surfaces, and for having introduced the use of color in architecture.
Unfortunately, his problem as that of many modern architects is that they have difficulty in dialogue with the environment around thir buildings, especially the urban one, such as SwissRe HQ London is one of my favorite skyscrapers, but put a huge suppository in the historic centre of a city is not a good solution in my opinion.
What is the most ugly construction you've ever seen?
In my opinion the Abgar Tower in Barcelona, is a huge skyscraper penis-shaped placed in the midle of an industrial zone.....just horrible ....

Very true. He seems to like that shape though .

great thread melbourne! I too am obsessed with architechture from around the world. thought i dont know that much about famous architects lol. There's another place that I'm interested in. It's in Manila(capital), Philippines. They are building a new bussiness center called the Bonifacio Global City. Even though it may not make anyone breathless and even if dubai's crazyness kicks bonifacio's ass, I still like the idea of the BGC. Because the philippines is a struggling country who just came out of being a third world country, so the BGC will be like a doorway for the filipinos to becoming an economically rich country. The BGC is supposed to have a few skyscrapers, shopping malls, residential condos and more. I will post pictures up as soon as they are released. There are some, but they're really crappy.

I saw the photos on the net Petrovan Ambassador, it's a very interesting project, as you said that are not buildings that leave breathless, but are trying to put order in a city that grew quickly and without regulation, the concept is very interesting, but exploits always an 'American' scheme . I find it rather interesting what they are doing in Munich and Amsterdam, where orders prohibit to build palaces which can radically alter the city's skyline, I think it's a good challenge for architecture, design new buildings horizontally beyond the pattern of 'tower' really too exploited.

I think that the concentionl tower is starting to go out of fashion. They have been over done, especially by Dubai but i won't go there. Architects and planning councils are starting to favour 'campus' style buildings such as the Docklands in Melbourne. The ANZ Building is going to be the largest office by area in Australia but from memory is only going to be around 5-7 ish stories tall.

I think it too melbourne .... I believe that Dubai and China for certain things are really exaggerating, then now is spreading this current rotating skyscrapers that I find simply absurd.
Here is the new pavilion BMW Welt, in my opinion the best example of post-modern architecture in recent years.